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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Now all retailers are re-assessing their sourcing strategies and looking for local alternatives to reduce risks, lead times and carbon footprint. The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions.

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2023 holiday report: data-driven strategies to make the buyer’s nice list

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We’re providing insight on the retail trends surrounding the 2023 holiday season, and how businesses can leverage data-driven strategies to meet them head-on. Inflation and economic uncertainty loom large , directly influencing consumer purchasing behavior. However, challenges still exist, especially in domestic transportation.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Technology – Shopify and Panasonic

Supply Chain Matters

Online commerce platform provider Shopify , often compared to Amazon in the ability to support small and mid-sized businesses create and maintain an online shipping presence, announced thi9s week its intent to acquire end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1 billion.

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The Impact of Collaborative TMS on Supply Chains Bottom Line

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Although there has been significant debate about how GSC management might help businesses create competitive advantages, the right distribution strategy has received less attention. Here, we describe how including a Collaborative TMS in your GSC and distribution strategy can help gain a competitive advantage for your business.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. BluJay Solutions Unveils MobileSTAR. Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker (The Guardian). Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights (Bloomberg Technology). economic output grew at a 3.3%

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A Quick Guide to Perfecting Your Ecommerce Customer Service Strategy

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52% of consumers say positive customer service interaction(s) moved them to make more purchases. This is strikingly higher compared to those with weak omnichannel strategies — they only keep 33%! An online knowledge base is a library of self-help resources that customers can use to find their own solutions.

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Tracking Shipments with IoT

Logichain Solutions

In the world of logistics, IoT both enables the monitoring of assets throughout the supply chain and turns all the data from monitoring these assets into insights that drive new solutions. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities.